Delhi CM Kejriwal re-launches anti-corruption helpline 1031
Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi today launched its renewed anti-corruption helpline, 1031, at the Talkatora Stadium.
The number would be operational Sunday onwards and help curb corruption in the city.
Speaking on the occasion, Kejriwal said that his government will use technology on a large-scale to make Delhi top five corruption-free cities in the world in 5 years.
Constable crushed to death by sand mafia in MP's Morena
Dharmendra Chouhan, an on duty constable was crushed to death in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Sunday when he tried to stop dumper carrying illegally quarried sand.
According to police, Chouhan, an ex-army man, was part of a police team that was tasked to chase a truck laden with illegally mined sand.
INS Mumbai safely evacuates 440 people from war-torn Yemen
Indian naval ship INS Mumbai reached Djibouti safely on Sunday with a total of 440 people which includes Indians and nationals of 17 other countries on board who were evacuated from the Yemeni port of Aden amid heavy shelling.
The Indians on board were more than 260.
Judiciary should be both powerful and perfect: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that there is a lot of responsibility on judges as God has made them to carry out divine functions.
He said that ordinary citizen have a lot of expectations from judges and thus "judiciary should be both powerful and perfect".
"Our judiciary should be both powerful and perfect. This is the place that is trusted by the common people," Modi said while addressing a conference of judges and Chief Ministers in the national capital.
I am head of the family, will settle it ourselves: CJI on Judges' conference controversy
Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu today downplayed the controversy over holding a judges' conference on Good Friday saying the issue 'will be settled within the family'.
"I am the head of the family...if one member questions me, we will settle it ourselves," he told reporters in an informal interaction after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the joint Conference of Chief Justice of High Courts and Chief Ministers.
